HP-UX Reference (11i v1 05/09) - 1M System Administration Commands A-M (vol 3)

lvsync(1M) lvsync(1M)

(Requires Optional HP MirrorDisk/UX Software)

NAME

lvsync - synchronize stale mirrors in LVM logical volumes

SYNOPSIS

/usr/sbin/lvsync

lv_path ...

Remarks

This command requires the installation of the optional HP MirrorDisk/UX software (not included in the

standard HP-UX operating system) before it can be used.

DESCRIPTION

The

lvsync command synchronizes the physical extents of each logical volume speciﬁed by lv_path. Syn-

chronization occurs only on physical extents that are stale mirrors of the original logical extent. The syn-

chronization process can be time consuming, depending on the hardware characteristics and the amount of

data.

Arguments

lvsync recognizes the following argument:

lv_path The block device path name of a mirrored logical volume.

EXTERNAL INFLUENCES

Environment Variables

LANG determines the language in which messages are displayed.

If LANG is not speciﬁed or is null, it defaults to "C" (see lang(5)).

If any internationalization variable contains an invalid setting, all internationalization variables default to

"C" (see environ(5)).

EXAMPLES

Synchronize the mirrors on a logical volume:

lvsync /dev/vg01/lvol5